12-3 Literary Texts—European Literature: Seventeenth Century Note: Because of the number and length of works included in this unit, teachers may want to organize it around two major works, one fiction (or dramatic, or poetic) and one nonfiction, with other works supplementing these selections. As a minimum, students should read one full literary work, a substantial excerpt from a philosophical or scientific work, and several shorter works of fiction and poetry.
Novels
Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes) (E) (selections) (L 1410)
12-4 Literary Texts—European Literature: Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century For this shorter unit, teachers may want to choose one novel, several short stories, or a play, and poetry.
12-5 Literary Texts—European Literature: Nineteenth Century This is a longer unit. Teachers may want to select one novel, one play; one long poem; and several short poems. Alternately, the teacher might choose to include two plays instead of a novel, or two long poems instead of a play. The selections of the unit should show a range of literary imagination and contrasting attitudes toward the role of literature in society.
12-6 Literary Texts—European Literature: Twentieth Century Teachers may make the literary selections in a number of ways. They may select works across the genres, or they may focus primarily on a particular genre. The selections should address the ideas of anxiety and beauty in some manner and should offer contrasting responses to the tension and crises of the twentieth century.
Epic Poems
Stories
Literary Nonfiction
Plays
Poems
Informational Texts
Historical Nonfiction
Art, Music, and Media
Prompt: Can we see as man, both the earthly and divine, begins to take on human characteristics as the Middle Ages wane?
Art
12-2 Literary Texts—European Literature: Renaissance and Reformation
Novel
Stories
Plays
Poems
Informational Texts
Historical Nonfiction
Essays
Historical Nonfiction
Art, Music, and Media
Prompt: How is man's humanity depicted in Renaissance art?
Art
12-3 Literary Texts—European Literature: Seventeenth Century
Note: Because of the number and length of works included in this unit, teachers may want to organize it around two major works, one fiction (or dramatic, or poetic) and one nonfiction, with other works supplementing these selections. As a minimum, students should read one full literary work, a substantial excerpt from a philosophical or scientific work, and several shorter works of fiction and poetry.
Novels
Plays
Poems
Informational Texts
Historical Nonfiction
Art, Music, and Media
Media
12-4 Literary Texts—European Literature: Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century
For this shorter unit, teachers may want to choose one novel, several short stories, or a play, and poetry.
Novels
Stories
Poetry
Informational Texts
Art, Music, and Media
Prompt: How did artists of this period frame the relationship between man and nature?
Art
12-5 Literary Texts—European Literature: Nineteenth Century
This is a longer unit. Teachers may want to select one novel, one play; one long poem; and several short poems. Alternately, the teacher might choose to include two plays instead of a novel, or two long poems instead of a play. The selections of the unit should show a range of literary imagination and contrasting attitudes toward the role of literature in society.
Novels
Children’s Literature
Drama
Poetry
Informational Texts
12-6 Literary Texts—European Literature: Twentieth Century
Teachers may make the literary selections in a number of ways. They may select works across the genres, or they may focus primarily on a particular genre. The selections should address the ideas of anxiety and beauty in some manner and should offer contrasting responses to the tension and crises of the twentieth century.
Novels
Novellas
Plays
Poems
Informational Texts
Historical Nonfiction
Speeches
Essays
Art, Music, and Media
Music